Changes...

2009 has been some kind of year. First of all, after two years of clear scans, my little Mom's brain cancer resurfaced and finally took her from us. More on that later, as I heal from the shock of having the smiling heart of our family Gone On Ahead.

In the midst of all this, Tom and I made the decisions that The Finch House at Thieneman's would close, and that I would resign my greenhouse job. These did not feel like hasty decisions, did not feel like "because of Mom" decisions - The closest I can come to explanation is:
It Was Simply Time.

And now? I'm Home. Home. Home.

Home to heal, yes. But more and different as well. Home to think, to work, to settle. I'm looking at it as a time to lie fallow, to wait for the next God Breeze to fill my sails. Time to get the house in order, to cook good nourishing meals, to start to do things for other people.

There will be more outside work in my future, I'm sure. For now, I'm considering this a time of self-employment. The Finch House is still here, back to its original incarnation: Herbal crafts, garden talks, classes. It'll also be hitting the cyber-bricks of eBay to (hopefully) sell the remaining garden shop merchandise. Beyond that, we'll see.

And still, at the grateful heart of it all, there's Home.